Africa Intelligence Brief for Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief: Dangote picks Mombasa over Tanga for $17bn refinery as Macron unveils €23bn package at Nairobi summit. LATAM...
May 13, 2026From Nigeria’s oil and Mozambique’s and Tanzania’s gas to South Africa’s grid crisis and the solar boom spreading across the continent, energy is where Africa’s growth and its great-power bargaining both play out. The Rio Times covers the oil and LNG deals, refineries, power projects and the transition finance reshaping how the continent fuels itself – with an eye on the capital flows and parallels linking Africa to Latin America’s own energy story. This hub collects our Africa energy coverage for investors and analysts.
Africa Intelligence Brief: Dangote picks Mombasa over Tanga for $17bn refinery as Macron unveils €23bn package at Nairobi summit. LATAM...
May 13, 2026
Monday was the day Pretoria's executive cycle overtook the continent's news flow. President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation
May 12, 2026
S&P 500 hit 7,412.84, Nasdaq set a record 26,274, oil near $103 — see what's driving global markets on May...
May 12, 2026
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May 11, 2026
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May 10, 2026
Today's Africa intelligence brief opens with Mali Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop ruling out any negotiation with jihadist groups as Bloomberg
May 8, 2026
S&P 500 slipped to 7,337; Brent hit $100.06; Banxico cut to 6.50%; German factory orders surged 5%. Key moves markets...
May 8, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's May 3 private visit to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm in Kwekwe
May 7, 2026
S&P 500 surged 1.46% to 7,365.12 and WTI crude crashed ~7% after reports of a US-Iran nuclear moratorium deal. Eurozone...
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